Quakers

Examples

• The Quakers, whose principles are opposed to fighting, even in their own defence, were most active upon this occasion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And doctor him up among the Quakers! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She has got all her ideas of Dissenters from the Quakers, has not she? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The late resolution of the Quakers in Pennsylvania, to set at liberty all their negro slaves, may satisfy us that their number cannot be very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It asserts the liberty of conscience, in behalf of the Anabaptists, the Quakers, and other sectarians that had been persecuted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Tom always spoke reverently of the Quakers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The English catholics, treated with much greater injustice, established that of Maryland; the quakers, that of Pennsylvania. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• One of his friends, who sat next to me, said, Franklin, why do you continue to side with those Quakers? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But come, friends, whether Quakers or cotton-printers, let us hold a peace-congress, and let out our venom quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs. Yorke awarded the palm to Moravians and Quakers, on account of that crown of humility by these worthies worn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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